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Events

The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion in Jerusalem

Ibrahim Pasha in Palestine

October 1831 - 1834

International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant

Local Control of Zionist Land Purchases in the Sanjaq of Jerusalem

Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912

Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives

June 1909 - 2 November 1909

Formation of the Moderate Liberal Party and the Entente Libérale Party in Istanbul

30 October 1909 - 8 November 1911

First Major Debate on Zionism in Ottoman Parliament

March 1911 - May 1911

Elections Held for Fourth Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine

18 April 1912 - 5 August 1912

Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant

21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916

Scheduled Second Palestinian National Congress Cannot Meet

Amin al-Husseini Elected Mufti of Jerusalem

Regulation Concerning the Supreme Moslem Sharia Council

20 December 1921 - 9 January 1922

Founding of the Arab National Party in Jerusalem

8 November 1923

Islamic Conference in Defense of al-Buraq and Muslim Holy Places in Jerusalem

1 November 1928

White Paper (Amery) on Status Quo at al-Buraq / Western Wall

19 November 1928 - 27 December 1928

Hanging of Palestinian Militants

Pan-Islamic Congress Is Held in Jerusalem

7 December 1931 - 17 December 1931

Challenging the Pan-Islamic Congress, a Conference of the Palestinian Islamic Nation Is Convened

11 December 1931

An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress

13 December 1931

Establishment of the Istiqlal Party

Establishment of the National Defense Party

2 December 1934

The Arab Higher Committee is Formed

Arab Higher Committee Is Banned

October 1937 - November 1937

British "Divide-and-Rule" Policy

November 1938 - May 1939

London Round Table Conference Convenes

7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939

Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee

Establishment of All-Palestine Government in Gaza

22 September 1948 - 2 October 1948

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Muhammad al-Aswad Is Killed in Gaza

Assassination of Palestinian Leaders Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan, and Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar in Beirut

Mohammad Boudia Assassinated in Paris

Ahmed Bouchiki Assassinated in Lillehammer

Palestinian Operation Against Settlers in Hebron

2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980

Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan

13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987

First Communiqué of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

14 December 1987

Second Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

26 September 2002

Unilateral Cease-Fire Announcement and Gaza-First Arrangements

21 June 2003 - 2 July 2003

Major Arrest Raid Against Hamas-Affiliated PA Officials

29 June 2006 - 19 August 2006

Fourth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

War on Gaza, Day 8: End of Phase 1; Balance Sheet

Fatah Sixth General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies

8 August 2009 - 11 August 2009

Fatah Dispute with Muhammad Dahlan

28 December 2010 - 12 June 2011

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt

Israel's 2012 Assault on the Gaza Strip, Day 1

14 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 4

17 November 2012

Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza: Cease-Fire Evening Announcement

21 November 2012

Rami Hamdallah Forms New Palestinian Government

2 June 2013 - 6 June 2013

Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, Is Ousted by the Military

Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks Take Place in Jerusalem

14 August 2013 - 2 September 2013

Israel's Settlement Expansion Disrupts the Palestinian Negotiation Team

31 October 2013 - 13 November 2013

Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-Year-Old Palestinian, Is Burnt Alive by Settlers in East Jerusalem

The 2014 Gaza War, Day 43

Fifth Attempted Assassination of Mohammed Deif in Gaza City

The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership

1 November 2016

Assassination of Muhammad Zuwari in Sfax

15 December 2016

Assassination Attempt on Muhammad Hamdan in Sidon

14 January 2018 - 29 January 2018

Hamdallah Resigns, Is Replaced by Mohammad Shtayyeh

29 January 2019 - 13 April 2019

PA President Mahmoud Abbas Tells UNGA that He Plans General Elections

26 September 2019 - 10 December 2019

PA Resumes Coordination with Israel, Receives Some Withheld Funds

17 November 2020 - 2 December 2020

Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco

10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020

Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah

15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 1

May 2021 Gaza War, Day 12

Israel Is Readmitted as an Observer Country to the African Union, Later Suspended

22 July 2021 - 20 February 2023

Gilbo Prison Escape

6 September 2021 - 21 May 2022

Biographies

Hafiz al-Sa’id

Musa Kazim Husseini

1853 - 26 March 1934

Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi

1864 - 6 August 1913

Jurji Habib Hanania

1868 - October 1930

Khalil al-Sakakini

23 January 1878 - 13 August 1953

Abdallah Mukhlis

27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947

1880 - 16 June 1946

Izzeddin al-Qassam

1882 - 20 November 1935

1882 - 22 April 1942

Raghib al-Nashashibi

Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi

1882 - 29 June 1963

Abd al-Latif Salah

1884 - 8 November 1952

Isaaf al-Nashashibi

1885 - 22 January 1948

1885 - 19 December 1953

11 February 1886 - 19 October 1941

Mu‘in al-Madi

Muhammad Izzat Darwaza

21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984

Abd al-Hamid Shuman

1888 - 9 September 1974

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rafiq al-Tamimi

Awni Abd al-Hadi

1889 - 15 March 1970

Iskandar al-Khoury al-Beitjali

1889 - 7 July 1973

Jamal al-Husseini

1892 - 5 July 1982

2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti

1894 - 22 June 1965

27 July 1894 - 6 August 1993

Subhi al-Khadra

1895 - 4 July 1954

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 4 July 1974

4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971

Ahmad Samih al-Khalidi

1896 - 27 September 1951

Muhammad Ali al-Taher

1896 - 22 August 1974

Matiel Mogannam

15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992

Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari

1900 - 29 May 1980

1902 - 27 August 1984

Ishaq Musa al-Husseini

1904 - 17 December 1990

1905 - 21 May 1985

15 May 1905 - 17 November 1979

1907 - 27 July 2006

Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini

1908 - 8 April 1948

Ahmad al-Shuqairi

1908 - 25 February 1980

Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani

Sami Taha Hamran

1911 - 11 September 1947

Hind al-Husseini

25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994

16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994

2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003

Yusra al-Barbari

15 April 1923 - 13 May 2009

1925 - 10 April 1973

Issam Abd al-Hadi

1928 - 8 August 2013

Samira Abu Ghazaleh

1928 - 12 January 2017

1928 - 1 September 2020

Bassam Shak’a

1930 - 22 July 2019

Ismail Shammout

2 March 1930 - 3 July 2006

Bashir Barghouti

1931 - 9 September 2000

1934 - 14 September 2021

Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988

Youssef Sami al-Youssef

1938 - 2 May 2013

1939 - 19 August 2014

1941 - 5 February 2023

4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995

Dalal al-Mughrabi

29 December 1959 - 11 March 1978

Historical Texts

1st Palestinian National Congress: Petition to Paris Peace Conference (in Arabic)

3 February 1919

Letter from Palestinian Associations and Clubs to the Syrian Congress Presidency (in Arabic)

Law Promulgating the Basic Law for the Area under the Supervision of the Egyptian Forces in Palestine (in Arabic)

25 February 1958

Palestine National Council, 1st Session: List of Members (in Arabic)

28 May 1964 - 2 June 1964

Statement of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (in Arabic)

Yemen's Initiative for the Resumption of Palestinian Internal Dialogue (in Arabic)

Agreement on Palestinian National Conciliation (Draft) (in Arabic)

10 October 2009

The Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation (in Arabic)

6 February 2012

Twenty-Fifth Arab Summit: Resolutions (in Arabic)

25 March 2014 - 26 March 2014

Statement of the PLO Executive Committee on the Report of the Quartet (in Arabic)

Fatah's 7th General Conference: Final Communiqué (in Arabic)

29 November 2016 - 4 December 2016

Emergency Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (in Arabic)

13 December 2017

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas's Vision for Advancing the Palestinian Cause (in Arabic)

3 November 2021

Historical Media

Third Palestinian National Congress, Haifa

14 December 1920

Fourth Palestinian Delegation in London

Pan-Islamic Congress, 1931

16 December 1931

Members of the Istiqlal (Independence) Party

Arab Higher Committee Members

Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

Smashing the Palestinian Political Infrastructure

15 December 1938

Arab League Warnings

Highlights

The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (II)

After the Nakba

Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp

Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917

Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries

Palestinian Music

Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry

Palestine-Egypt Border

A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans

The Peel Commission, 1936–1937

Sowing the Seeds of the Partition

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee

Humanitarianism Over Justice

France and the Palestine Question before 1948

Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism

The New South Africa and the Palestine Question

From Good Offices to Total Support

The 2014 Gaza War

An Asymetric Draw

Land Day, 30 March 1976

A Turning Point in the Defense of Palestinian Lands in Israel

Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992

Jewish Identity at the Expense of Citizen Equality

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (II)

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Algerians of Palestine

The Bosnians of Palestine

Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967

The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”

Palestinian Music in Exile

Traditions and Resistance

Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939

A Popular Uprising Facing a Ruthless Repression

The Palestinian National Initiative Movement - Al-Mubadara

Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Large-Scale Incarceration and Resistance

I. Ottoman Rule

The Republic of Ireland and the Palestine Question

Solidarity of the Colonized

The Palestinian Poster

Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP

The Second Intifada, 2000-2005

Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations

The October 2000 Events in Israel

The Violent Repression of a Palestinian Solidarity Outburst

III. Late Mandate

Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity